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5 facts on why people are against global warming.

botbot — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:18:19 +0000

Global warming is a very complex phenomenon. Confounding all the confusion are the vested interests pushing their own agenda, using and twisting science to get votes or funding. To top it all, big business is taking a hitch on the bandwagon for a piece (a large one) of the profits.

What Global Warming? Photo [...]

Global warming and polar bears.

junnie — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:13:53 +0000

Photo of cute polar bear cub borrowed from this site.

Before delving further into the subject, let’s have some reality check first. Polar bears, especially the cubs, are cute but they are the largest land carnivore and are extremely dangerous. I mean, we look at them and see cute, cuddly, stuffed toys [...]

Miss Earth Beauty Pageant 2009.

botbot — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:35:07 +0000

The final judging and crowning of Miss Earth 2009 is scheduled on November 22, 2009 at Boracay, Philippines. The island is a mecca for sun worshippers and night revellers from all over the [...]

Four-day work week saves energy and reduces carbon emission.

junnie — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:21:27 +0000

GOOD.is covered Utah's move a year ago to a 3-day weekend for government employees and the results are in. The 4-day, 10 hour per day, work week has resulted in the [...]

No global warming VS global warming prevention.

junnie — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:00:49 +0000

I was sifting through Treasure Nature’s Google Analytics data earlier today and I noticed the number of searches related to global warming. These are the keywords or key phrases people use to reach TN’s articles on global warming:

prevention of global warming why global warming is fake global warming is fake global warming prevention facts about global warming [...]

Earth Day for kids.

junnie — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:18:13 +0000

Kids and the youth are the future and the earth day slogan for 2009 reflects it: The Green Generation. Earth Day organizers thought it wise to go where it matters most since what we do for nature now will affect future generations.

Earth Day is celebrated around the world every April 22 and started out as [...]

Earth hour activities for children.

junnie — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:16:36 +0000

Earth Hour sucks! Kidding. Kids love it. Those we know, at least. Here are a few of what we can do to make it fun for the little ones:

1. Go outside, seek out constellations like Orion and his belt, and tell stories about them.

2. Enjoy a nice organic candle light dinner.

3. [...]

World Water Day this March 22.

junnie — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:35:13 +0000

Water composes 55% to 78% of the human body depending on body size (Wikipedia). Water makes up around 80% of our brain. Water is essential to life.

Unfortunately, water is also one of the most abused natural resource we have. Let us help bring this to the attention of everybody with the observance of World Water [...]

Daylight saving time does not save energy.

junnie — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:28:54 +0000

For some of us, it’s that time of the year again when we ask “when does daylight saving time end?” even when it hasn’t even started yet . It’s probably the only disliked idea that came from Benjamin Franklin, who thought of Daylight Saving Time (DST) or Summer Time originally. Dislike might even [...]

Popular Mechanic's 10 Green Gadgets.

junnie — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:09:35 +0000

Looking for a special hit-tech gift for a special someone or yourself? Check out Popular Mechanic’s list of 10 eco-friendly gadgets (photos belong to them too):

1. Vers 2X iPod Dock with Speaker.

It’s wood veneer comes from sustainable plantation lumber. I doesn’t contain hazardous materials such as lead, cadmium and chemical-based adhesives. Packaging is made from [...]